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Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread) Week 3 - Footballguys

Weekly Staff Confidence Pool (No Spread). NFL Office Pool Cheat Sheet

by Will Grant, September 20Photo: Vincent Carchietta, US Presswire

Looking to dominate your office pool this season? Fifteen Footballguys.com staff members are here to help you out. Each week they will pick the winners of every NFL game, and rank their selections based on how confident they are that the team will win. The most-confident pick gets 16 points, and the least-confident gets just 1. We'll even total up everyone's picks so you can get an overall consensus on who our staff think will be the most likely winners. Each week we'll announce the weekly winners, and track the overall record for the entire season. A couple of things to note before we get to the picks:

Picks for this pool are straight up (no point spread considered).

Picks are due on Wednesday nights, and will not reflect any late-breaking news. If your league allows for last minute changes, please make adjustments to your office pool accordingly.

Our staffers also play in weekly picks Against The Spread, and Survivor Style 'Pick one Winner each week' formats as well. Check out the other weekly articles for more help with those type of games.

RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK

Even though he missed the Monday night game by picking Seattle over Chicago, James Brimacombe hung on to win this week's contest. Bear Heiser was able to submit his picks before the Thursday game started, and he narrowly missed winning this week. Both guys only missed 6 games last week, but Brimacombe allocated his confidence points just a little better than Heiser to bring home the win. Danny Tuccitto and Alex Miglio also only missed six games, but their confidence point allocation landed them in the 3rd and 4th slot.

Staffer

BAL

HOU

KC

PHI

LAC

CAR

IND

CLE

MIN

MIA

DET

ARI

OAK

NE

NYG

SEA

MNF

TOT

CIN

TEN

PIT

TB

BUF

ATL

WAS

NO

GB

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

JAC

DAL

CHI

TOT

PTS

Brimacombe

CIN

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

IND

NO

MIN

MIA

SF

LAR

DEN

JAC

NYG

SEA

44

97

8

1

9

13

16

10

4

15

7

2

11

14

12

5

6

3

Heiser

CIN

HOU

KC

TB

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

CHI

48

96

16

14

12

11

10

9

8

15

7

6

5

13

4

3

2

1

Tuccitto

CIN

HOU

KC

TB

LAC

CAR

IND

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

JAC

NYG

SEA

49

91

8

11

1

4

14

3

2

15

9

10

12

16

13

6

7

5

Miglio

CIN

TEN

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

GB

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

JAC

DAL

CHI

47

88

4

2

8

14

13

7

11

12

6

9

15

16

10

1

3

5

Pasquino

BAL

HOU

KC

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

CHI

45

83

11

12

6

7

10

8

9

15

4

5

14

16

13

3

2

1

Knotts

CIN

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

SEA

44

81

1

8

2

9

12

10

11

14

7

6

16

15

13

3

4

5

Larkin

BAL

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

DAL

SEA

46

80

5

9

6

4

14

12

13

15

3

8

11

16

10

7

2

1

Haseley

CIN

TEN

PIT

PHI

LAC

CAR

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

DAL

SEA

41

79

9

14

13

10

15

3

6

12

5

11

7

16

2

8

4

1

Wimer

BAL

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

GB

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

JAC

NYG

CHI

35

78

7

14

6

13

12

5

4

11

10

3

9

16

2

8

1

15

Bitonti

BAL

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

CHI

61

75

3

14

1

13

12

11

9

10

2

8

7

16

15

6

5

4

Hicks

CIN

HOU

KC

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

CLE

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

OAK

JAC

DAL

SEA

41

75

1

9

2

8

15

10

11

5

12

6

13

16

3

14

4

7

Roberts

BAL

HOU

PIT

TB

LAC

CAR

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

CHI

48

73

9

11

3

1

16

5

12

14

4

10

13

15

6

7

2

8

Grant

BAL

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

ATL

WAS

NO

MIN

MIA

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

DAL

SEA

45

70

2

12

8

13

11

10

15

14

6

1

4

16

9

7

5

3

Garda

BAL

HOU

PIT

PHI

LAC

CAR

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

CHI

45

53

14

13

12

11

15

10

9

8

6

5

7

16

3

2

1

4

Settle

BAL

HOU

KC

PHI

LAC

CAR

WAS

NO

MIN

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

NE

NYG

SEA

48

44

10

2

16

6

1

14

5

3

9

13

12

4

8

11

15

7

Away

BAL

HOU

KC

PHI

LAC

CAR

IND

CLE

MIN

MIA

DET

ARI

OAK

NE

NYG

SEA

Total Pts

61

130

37

121

186

35

6

5

81

3

0

0

3

57

45

32

Home

CIN

TEN

PIT

TB

BUF

ATL

WAS

NO

GB

NYJ

SF

LAR

DEN

JAC

DAL

CHI

Total Pts

47

16

68

16

0

92

123

173

16

100

156

221

120

34

18

38

Tot Conf Pts

108

146

105

137

186

127

129

178

97

103

156

221

123

91

63

70

Another week of pretty major upsets - starting with the Thursday night game. The Ravens were not a heavy favorite, but their loss to the Bengals cost the board more points than they earned. Houston, Philadelphia, Washington and the Jets were all heavy favorites, costing the weekly board over 100 points each with their losses. As with last week, the Minnesota - Green Bay game ended in a tie, meaning no one received confidence points for that game.

OVERALL RANKINGS

And just like that, last year's champion is back on top. While a six-point lead is nothing to get excited about just yet, those who followed us last year know that Brimacombe took over last year's board in Week 6 and never looked back. He's starting early this season!

Staffer

Wk01

Wk02

Wk03

Wk04

Wk05

Wk06

Wk07

Wk08

Wk09

Wk10

Wk11

Wk12

Wk13

Wk14

Wk15

Wk16

Wk17

Total

Brimacombe

81

97

178

Pasquino

89

83

172

Tuccitto

80

91

171

Larkin

88

80

168

Knotts

87

81

168

Miglio

79

88

167

Heiser

68

96

164

Haseley

84

79

163

Hicks

87

75

162

Grant

83

70

153

Wimer

74

78

152

Roberts

77

73

150

Bitonti

65

75

140

Garda

85

53

138

Settle

89

44

133

THIS WEEK'S PICKS

Here are the picks for this week.

Staffer

NYJ

SF

DEN

NYG

OAK

GB

IND

CIN

TEN

NO

BUF

LAC

DAL

CHI

NE

PIT

MNF

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

WAS

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

ARI

DET

TB

TOT

Miglio

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

TB

56

7

15

3

11

8

9

10

2

14

5

16

12

1

6

13

4

Garda

NYJ

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

PIT

55

1

14

8

9

7

11

6

5

13

4

16

10

2

15

12

3

Hicks

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

OAK

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

DAL

CHI

NE

TB

59

12

11

13

10

9

1

8

3

15

2

16

14

5

4

6

7

Heiser

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

TB

58

14

15

13

12

11

10

9

7

6

5

16

4

3

2

8

1

Tuccitto

NYJ

KC

BAL

NYG

MIA

WAS

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

DAL

CHI

NE

TB

49

2

14

9

3

12

4

16

1

13

11

15

8

5

10

7

6

Larkin

CLE

KC

BAL

NYG

MIA

GB

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

PIT

53

6

10

9

2

8

7

14

5

15

3

16

4

13

12

11

1

Knotts

n/a

Brimacombe

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

PIT

53

3

4

12

13

5

2

11

10

14

9

16

8

6

15

7

1

Haseley

NYJ

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

TB

55

1

12

10

2

3

4

11

8

13

7

15

16

5

9

14

6

Pasquino

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

OAK

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

TB

54

7

13

1

14

4

10

12

3

15

5

16

11

6

9

8

2

Roberts

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

DAL

CHI

NE

TB

58

4

11

5

10

7

8

14

1

15

3

16

9

6

13

12

2

Wimer

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

OAK

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

NO

MIN

LAR

DAL

CHI

DET

TB

77

6

9

5

4

3

8

2

16

14

1

12

13

7

11

15

10

Bitonti

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

TB

56

11

10

9

8

7

6

2

1

16

4

15

14

3

13

12

5

Settle

CLE

KC

DEN

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

CHI

NE

TB

70

4

11

6

7

3

12

13

10

15

2

16

9

5

8

14

1

Grant

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

GB

PHI

CIN

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

DAL

CHI

NE

TB

54

2

14

8

9

7

10

12

6

13

4

16

11

1

3

15

5

Away

NYJ

SF

DEN

NYG

OAK

GB

IND

CIN

TEN

NO

BUF

LAC

DAL

CHI

NE

PIT

Total Pts

4

0

6

5

16

98

0

38

0

1

0

0

24

130

139

5

Home

CLE

KC

BAL

HOU

MIA

WAS

PHI

CAR

JAC

ATL

MIN

LAR

SEA

ARI

DET

TB

Total Pts

76

163

105

109

78

4

140

40

191

64

217

143

44

0

15

49

Tot Conf Pts

80

163

111

114

94

102

140

78

191

65

217

143

68

130

154

54

HEAVY FAVORITES

If you're looking for favorite picks, this is a big week for you. The Chiefs, Eagles, Jaguars, Vikings, Rams, and Bears are all unanimous picks to win this week. All of them have over 100 confidence points each as well, making them key games to watch as to who can take the top spot. Cleveland is a strong favorite tonight, as is Baltimore, Houston, Green Bay, Atlanta and Tampa Bay. All of them are received a significantly larger amount of confidence points than their opponents. Yes - you saw that - the Browns are a heavy favorite to win tonight.

DUAL SUPPORT

While the Monday night game between Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh received the fewest overall confidence points, the Bucs are expected to win that game pretty easily. Same with Atlanta having 64 of the 65 total confidence points on their contest. Seattle is also a pretty strong home favorite, but Dallas has their share of support as well. The toughest game to call this week looks like the Panthers vs. the Bengals. The home team has just two more points than the visitor and there are only 78 total confidence points on the game.

ODDS AND ENDS

Devin Knotts missed the cut-off before this article needed to be submitted so his picks will be included in the results next week.